Re: [PATCH v4] mtd: cfi_cmdset_0001: Byte swap OTP info

[Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>]

Hi Linus,

linus.walleij@linaro.org wrote on Mon, 23 Oct 2023 10:35:24 +0200:

> On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 10:25 AM Miquel Raynal
> <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com> wrote:
> 
> > linus.walleij@linaro.org wrote on Fri, 20 Oct 2023 22:30:29 +0200:
> >  
> > > Currently the offset into the device when looking for OTP
> > > bits can go outside of the address of the MTD NOR devices,
> > > and if that memory isn't readable, bad things happen
> > > on the IXP4xx (added prints that illustrate the problem before
> > > the crash):
> > >
> > > cfi_intelext_otp_walk walk OTP on chip 0 start at reg_prot_offset 0x00000100
> > > ixp4xx_copy_from copy from 0x00000100 to 0xc880dd78
> > > cfi_intelext_otp_walk walk OTP on chip 0 start at reg_prot_offset 0x12000000
> > > ixp4xx_copy_from copy from 0x12000000 to 0xc880dd78
> > > 8<--- cut here ---
> > > Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address db000000
> > > [db000000] *pgd=00000000
> > > (...)
> > >
> > > This happens in this case because the IXP4xx is big endian and
> > > the 32- and 16-bit fields in the struct cfi_intelext_otpinfo are not
> > > properly byteswapped. Compare to how the code in read_pri_intelext()
> > > byteswaps the fields in struct cfi_pri_intelext.
> > >
> > > Adding a small byte swapping loop for the OTP in read_pri_intelext()
> > > and the crash goes away.
> > >
> > > The problem went unnoticed for many years until I enabled
> > > CONFIG_MTD_OTP on the IXP4xx as well, triggering the bug.
> > >
> > > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org  
> >
> > Would you like to add a Fixes tag as well? Or is this skipped on
> > purpose?  
> 
> Yes the actual commit predates existing git history... :/
> 
> Git blame looks like that:
> 
> ^1da177e4c3f4 (Linus Torvalds         2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700  423)
> ^1da177e4c3f4 (Linus Torvalds         2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700  424)
>          /* Protection Register info */
> b359ed5184aeb (Jean-Philippe Brucker  2020-04-17 16:23:26 +0200  425)
>          if (extp->NumProtectionFields)
> b359ed5184aeb (Jean-Philippe Brucker  2020-04-17 16:23:26 +0200  426)
>                  extra_size += (extp->NumProtectionFields - 1) *
> b359ed5184aeb (Jean-Philippe Brucker  2020-04-17 16:23:26 +0200  427)
>                                sizeof(struct cfi_intelext_otpinfo);
> 
> Jean-Philippe's patch is not the root cause AFAICT, but something
> predating it, and predating git history.
> 
> The fix easily applies to all maintained stable kernels.

Ack.

> > > Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
> > > Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
> > > ---
> > > ChangeLog v3->v4:
> > > - Collected Nico's ACK.
> > > - Stalled since june! Has this been missed?  
> >
> > Our current organization relies on Vignesh to pick-up (or tell me to
> > pick-up) cfi patches. But he is slightly less active these days, so if I
> > don't get any feedback from him soon I will take it for the next merge
> > window.
> >
> > Sorry for the delay anyway.  
> 
> No worries it's not like the patch is urgent.

Haha, well, yes :)

Thanks,
Miquèl